In a Wall Street Journal Op/Ed entitled, “The Cronkite Tragedy,” James Taranto argues that journalistic icon Walter Cronkite will be remembered for two things: a six decades-long career and an editorial that had far-reaching consequences for the business he loved.
Taranto refers to the editorial aired at the end of a report on the Vietnam War, which aired on February …

Twenty-eight years ago, Walter Cronkite retired as anchor of the CBS Evening News after reaching the then-mandatory retirement age of 65. A quarter-century later, he was back on the air on that same broadcast, introducing Katie Couric.
When Cronkite died on Friday, CBS made a decision to force him into retirement a second time, by pulling the recording of Couric’s …

Perhaps the best quote I’ve heard in the days since Walter Cronkite passed away on Friday at age 92 came from Ted Koppel:
“You will never again have a day where one man or one woman will say, ‘All right, listen up, America.  I’m gonna tell you what happened.  At then at the end, I’m gonna say, ‘That’s the way it …

“Old anchormen, you see, don’t fade away, they just keep coming back for more. And that’s the way it is.” — Walter Cronkite Signing off his last CBS Evening News broadcast
I think much of the country was still expecting an early April Fools announcement on March 6, 1981, when Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as anchor of …

The other day, I was riding with one of my producers and an anchor to a promo shoot and we were talking about the deaths of Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett.  I remarked, half jokingly, that since these things are always said to occur in threes, I wondered who the remaining celebrity would be.
We immediately talked about Walter Cronkite, who …

Multiple news sources are reporting that legendary newscaster Walter Cronkite, the man once named ‘The Most Trusted Man in America,” is gravely ill.
He’s 92, and said to have been in declining health for some time, though no specifics are being given. Some speculate that it’s more his memory that’s failing than his health in general.
I worked with an anchor …

“Breaking news” has been around far longer than just 45 years, but the concept of live, ongoing coverage of a developing story really got its start on this day in 1963, when an episode of As The World Turns on CBS was interrupted by a bulletin from CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite.
To call the coverage of John F. Kennedy’s assassination …

I had an interesting dinner conversation the other night with a co-worker. We were talking about the 40 anniversary of Bobby Kennedy’s assassination in California, and we realized that this November 22nd will be the 45th anniversary of John Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.
We discussed all of the JFK conspiracy theories, and my co-worker asked me if I thought there …

It was a rough day.
There is a widespread belief, propogated by clever little catch phrases like, “If it bleeds, it leads,” that whenever tragedy strikes, people in a newsroom are practically ready to throw a party.
Such catch phrases, which some are convinced perfectly sums up everything that journalism is, usually come from people who have never worked in the field …

Cable network TV Land just wrapped up their countdown of the 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments, as selected by TV Guide. The list of moments is sure to bring back lots of happy memories, and I was happy to see clips from popular game shows make the list.
The 19th most unexpected moment, for instance, came on down in a …